Which 240 mm lens to cover 5x7?

[sepstein17]

Found a few on the bay -- looking for feedback and/or relative ranking -- thank you --

Nikkor W 240 f5.6
Nikkor 240 f9 - APO Nikkor

Fujinon A - 240 f9

Rodenstock Sironar N 240 f5.6
Rodenstock APO Sironar N 240 f5.6

steve

[Bob Salomon]

The 5.6 lenses in 240mm all cover 810.

[Old-N-Feeble]

I'll not comment other than to suggest you decide what matters to you.

Size/weight
Maximum aperture
Shutter or barrel mount
Most coverage
Sharpness, contrast, bokeh, etc.

For "MY" purposes, and chosen only from the lenses you listed, I would buy the Fuji-A... but a late EBC coated version.

[Alan Gales]

At just 10mm longer the Fujinon 250mm W f/6.7 lenses have an image circle of 398mm which has room to spare on 8x10. They are single coated. I paid $300.00 for mine in a Copal #1 shutter a few years ago. Lately I've seen them go for $250.00 or less, if you are looking for a bargain.

Jock Sturges used one for his earlier work. http://onlinebrowsing.blogspot.com/2...urges-was.html

[EdSawyer]

There's also a nice Fujinon 250/6.3 in Copal 1 also.

Plus I bet some of the 240mm tessars would cover, like Congo, xenars, jena tessars, etc.

And possibly some of the teles like 240 Tele Arton.

[Kevin Crisp]

240 G Claron if small size and weight matter.

[Roger Thoms]

240 G Claron if small size and weight matter.

My thoughts too, plus they are reasonably priced. Haven't shoot the 240mm G-Claron on 5x7, it's my favorite lens for my 8x10.

Roger

[Ray Marrero]

Granted the lenses you've mentioned above are on the modern side, but must say I love my 1922 Jos. Schneider Xenar 24cm f/4.5 for 5X7. Came on a 2D I purchased years ago and since has found its home mounted to my 5X7 Technika. For B&W work this is my goto 240mm. Big glass plus a Compound 4 shutter makes it a bit heavy, but so is my camera so no loss there. I guess it depends on subject matter, vision, coated vs. uncoated, B&W vs. color, etc.

[David Karp]

The 240mm Fujinon A will cover no problem. It covers Whole Plate with movement. I understand it also covers 8x10, but I have not experienced that personally.

If you like the Rodenstock lenses, then a very good option would be the 240mm f/5.6 Caltar II-N. That is a rebranded Rodenstock.

The Rodenstock, Nikon, and Schneider f/5.6 lenses will be large and in Copal No. 3 shutters. If I was going to choose one of those, I would choose a Caltar II-N version of the Rodenstock. It would be like my 210mm Caltar II-N, which I like very much and which would likely be less expensive than the others.

I agree that the 250mm Fujinon W is nice. I have one that I use on my WP camera. It has a larger image circle than the 240mm Fujinon A. The Copal No. 1 is nice when compared to the No. 3 from the f/5.6 lenses discussed above.

If you want a smaller, lighter lens, the 240mm Fujinon A is very nice. It is smaller than the G-Claron. It comes in a No. 0 shutter, while the G-Claron is in a No. 1.

[Gary Tarbert]

I have used the 240 A on 5x8 and 8x10 covers 8x10 very little scope for movements but 5x7 easily!!